Department of Health Behavior, Texas A&M University School of Public Health SPHA, Room 317, 212 Adriance Lab Rd., College Station, TX, 77843, USA.
Arch Sex Behav. 2024 Aug;53(8):3119-3127. doi: 10.1007/s10508-024-02946-x. Epub 2024 Aug 6.
Although parents of sexual and gender minority (SGM) adolescents play a critical role in communicating about sexual health to their children, most parents have reported that they are unknowledgeable and uncomfortable talking about sexual health to their SGM adolescent. Because of the limited availability of sex education programs for parents of SGM adolescents, the study aimed to (1) describe the attitudes toward using and willingness to use a hypothetical online sex communication intervention for parents of SGM adolescents and (2) examine factors associated with willingness to use such an intervention. Parents of SGM adolescents from across the United States (N = 385) completed an online survey from March 10-16, 2023. Most participants were open to participating in a hypothetical online sex communication program and had positive attitudes toward it. Logistic regression results showed that participants who overall agreed a hypothetical online parent-based sex education intervention would be helpful and of interest had higher odds of being overall willing to participate in such a hypothetical intervention. Additionally, participants with higher income levels were also more likely to be willing to participate in a hypothetical program. Results from this exploratory study suggest that most parents of SGM adolescents have positive attitudes toward a hypothetical online parent-based sex education program and are willing to participate in it, highlighting a need to develop sex education programs tailored to the needs and preferences of parents of SGM adolescents. Additionally, equitable access to such programs is necessary especially regarding income level.
尽管性少数群体(SGM)青少年的父母在向孩子传达性健康知识方面起着至关重要的作用,但大多数父母表示,他们在向 SGM 青少年谈论性健康方面缺乏知识且感到不自在。由于针对 SGM 青少年父母的性教育计划有限,本研究旨在:(1)描述父母对使用和愿意使用针对 SGM 青少年的假设在线性沟通干预措施的态度;(2)探讨与使用此类干预措施意愿相关的因素。来自美国各地的 SGM 青少年的父母(N=385)于 2023 年 3 月 10 日至 16 日完成了一项在线调查。大多数参与者对参与假设的在线性沟通计划持开放态度,并对其持积极态度。逻辑回归结果表明,总体上同意假设的在线基于父母的性教育干预措施将是有帮助和有趣的参与者,更有可能总体上愿意参与此类假设的干预措施。此外,收入水平较高的参与者也更有可能愿意参与假设的项目。这项探索性研究的结果表明,大多数 SGM 青少年的父母对假设的基于在线的父母性教育计划持积极态度,并愿意参与其中,这凸显了开发针对 SGM 青少年父母的需求和偏好量身定制的性教育计划的必要性。此外,特别是在收入水平方面,公平获取此类计划是必要的。